State profile · WI

Largest Cities in Wisconsin

Name: Wisconsin Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 761 tracked cities and towns in Wisconsin, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

761
Cities: 4.4M
Combined city pop.: $73,046
Avg median income: 7.1%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Milwaukee is the largest of 761 tracked cities in Wisconsin, which ranks #23 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Milwaukee
largest tracked city (569,756 people): #23
national rank, avg median income: 761
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

87% of Wisconsin's 761 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

665
10K-99K

93
100K-999K

3

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Wisconsin coverage, with 665 of 761 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Wisconsin is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Wisconsin's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Milwaukee

569,756
Madison

275,568
Green Bay

106,585
Kenosha

99,147
Racine

77,155
Appleton

74,873
Waukesha

70,779
Eau Claire

69,274
Oshkosh

66,247
Janesville

65,813
West Allis

59,588
La Crosse

51,791

What this shows Milwaukee, WI is the most populous city profiled in Wisconsin; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 761-row record is available as a CSV.

How Wisconsin ranks nationally

Avg median income

$73,046

#23 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$207,956

#31 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

7.1%

#10 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

761

#12 of 52 · most tracked cities

Wisconsin ranks #23 of 52 nationally on average median income and #10 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Wisconsin's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$207,956 Among the most affordable more affordable than 60% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Wisconsin

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 761 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Milwaukee	569,756	$51,888	$172,000	18.6%
2	Madison	275,568	$76,983	$346,900	6.6%
3	Green Bay	106,585	$62,546	$191,500	11.9%
4	Kenosha	99,147	$68,532	$210,500	10.9%
5	Racine	77,155	$55,705	$158,100	13.4%
6	Appleton	74,873	$77,450	$211,500	5.5%
7	Waukesha	70,779	$81,651	$286,600	7.2%
8	Eau Claire	69,274	$65,369	$228,000	6.3%
9	Oshkosh	66,247	$61,929	$168,400	7.0%
10	Janesville	65,813	$71,664	$209,700	6.5%
11	West Allis	59,588	$69,685	$191,700	7.0%
12	La Crosse	51,791	$53,803	$196,600	7.8%
13	Sheboygan	49,812	$62,953	$165,200	8.4%
14	Wauwatosa	47,718	$93,859	$307,600	1.9%
15	Fond du Lac	44,491	$61,620	$161,300	7.0%
16	Brookfield	41,592	$124,026	$419,300	2.7%
17	New Berlin	40,384	$97,414	$343,500	2.5%
18	Wausau	39,893	$61,877	$155,900	9.0%
19	Menomonee Falls	38,963	$98,460	$341,600	3.6%
20	Greenfield	37,361	$69,016	$247,800	6.4%
21	Beloit	36,554	$59,975	$133,500	12.0%
22	Oak Creek	36,473	$93,120	$305,100	2.4%
23	Sun Prairie	36,455	$90,521	$339,800	4.1%
24	Franklin	35,751	$108,342	$343,400	4.9%
25	Manitowoc	34,553	$62,133	$143,900	9.7%
26	West Bend	31,722	$75,043	$244,500	4.8%
27	Fitchburg	31,566	$85,420	$389,400	5.4%
28	Mount Pleasant	27,694	$90,189	$269,900	4.2%
29	Neenah	27,409	$73,880	$194,700	6.0%
30	Superior	26,550	$63,415	$168,500	7.2%
31	Stevens Point	25,497	$56,218	$189,700	5.3%
32	De Pere	25,368	$80,550	$253,900	3.1%
33	Caledonia	25,292	$91,053	$279,400	2.5%
34	Mequon	25,259	$147,391	$485,300	2.1%
35	Muskego	25,156	$116,361	$390,900	1.7%
36	Watertown	22,873	$68,333	$211,500	7.8%
37	Middleton	22,235	$85,526	$457,400	6.7%
38	Pleasant Prairie	21,515	$103,903	$336,300	5.9%
39	Germantown	20,940	$104,337	$356,700	1.6%
40	South Milwaukee	20,547	$70,146	$216,400	9.6%
41	Howard	20,261	$84,896	$286,200	3.7%
42	Fox Crossing	18,960	$74,423	$228,000	3.9%
43	Onalaska	18,909	$84,898	$279,100	3.9%
44	Wisconsin Rapids	18,756	$54,116	$116,600	8.2%
45	Marshfield	18,718	$59,294	$169,900	7.0%
46	Oconomowoc	18,385	$105,833	$367,700	3.7%
47	Menasha	18,130	$64,392	$169,200	8.0%
48	Cudahy	17,964	$66,717	$201,000	10.3%
49	Kaukauna	17,237	$78,353	$198,800	7.5%
50	Ashwaubenon	16,931	$71,180	$245,100	4.9%
51	Beaver Dam	16,629	$68,757	$189,800	3.0%
52	Menomonie	16,548	$54,587	$203,800	6.8%
53	River Falls	16,349	$78,078	$299,800	4.0%
54	Bellevue	16,255	$80,750	$267,700	2.5%
55	Pewaukee	16,002	$112,093	$434,700	1.7%
56	Weston	15,784	$75,565	$215,900	5.5%
57	Hartford	15,761	$74,252	$261,300	7.7%
58	Whitewater	15,705	$49,000	$211,800	9.8%
59	Hudson	15,004	$97,036	$355,000	9.7%
60	Waunakee	14,927	$128,750	$490,300	2.8%
61	Whitefish Bay	14,750	$154,255	$498,700	2.6%
62	Greendale	14,656	$95,015	$289,600	5.9%
63	Chippewa Falls	14,643	$62,133	$194,800	9.1%
64	Salem Lakes	14,521	$94,554	$281,500	1.7%
65	Verona	14,499	$119,148	$382,800	1.4%
66	Allouez	14,023	$90,035	$217,100	0.8%
67	Plover	13,713	$83,139	$244,500	8.5%
68	Shorewood	13,682	$89,135	$423,600	6.3%
69	Harrison	13,345	$118,047	$314,200	1.7%
70	Glendale	13,134	$77,096	$260,300	8.4%
71	Stoughton	13,063	$78,517	$283,900	3.0%
72	Suamico	13,003	$113,614	$341,100	1.8%
73	Greenville	12,911	$110,103	$337,100	1.3%
74	Brown Deer	12,615	$91,567	$221,100	6.2%
75	Port Washington	12,569	$81,582	$276,000	4.6%
76	Baraboo	12,506	$73,515	$201,800	4.0%
77	Fort Atkinson	12,490	$75,350	$198,600	4.9%
78	Cedarburg	12,317	$82,110	$386,400	1.8%
79	Grafton	12,274	$88,634	$301,300	1.3%
80	Little Chute	11,930	$79,260	$223,400	2.8%
81	Richfield	11,806	$135,774	$456,500	3.3%
82	Sussex	11,795	$112,031	$384,900	5.1%
83	Platteville	11,421	$42,667	$186,900	7.4%
84	Oregon	11,384	$100,695	$361,200	5.3%
85	Waupun	11,244	$66,931	$167,700	11.7%
86	Two Rivers	11,224	$58,716	$121,800	5.9%
87	Marinette	11,060	$57,461	$111,600	6.4%
88	Holmen	11,027	$77,083	$262,600	2.7%
89	Burlington	11,021	$81,658	$268,300	9.2%
90	DeForest	10,853	$106,223	$337,500	6.1%
91	Monroe	10,568	$67,621	$184,400	2.3%
92	Hobart	10,418	$111,918	$363,500	1.0%
93	Portage	10,374	$62,785	$187,300	9.0%
94	New Richmond	10,334	$87,500	$269,000	1.8%
95	Elkhorn	10,259	$73,052	$255,300	3.2%
96	Reedsburg	10,060	$71,991	$218,300	8.8%
97	Sparta	9,921	$60,517	$168,800	7.3%
98	Hartland	9,716	$87,297	$358,000	5.4%
99	Sturgeon Bay	9,702	$56,882	$217,600	6.2%
100	Tomah	9,505	$51,185	$162,900	12.6%

What to do with Wisconsin's city data

761 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major WI metro. Milwaukee profile
2 tracked cities in Wisconsin sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Wisconsin cities
See how Wisconsin's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 761 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Wisconsin on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 4,393,197.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $73,046. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Wisconsin?

PlainCities profiles 761 cities and towns in Wisconsin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Wisconsin?

Milwaukee is the largest tracked city in Wisconsin, with a population of 569,756.

What is the average household income in Wisconsin?

Across the 761 tracked cities in Wisconsin, the average median household income is $73,046. Individual cities vary widely - 2 tracked cities in Wisconsin sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Wisconsin?

The average poverty rate across Wisconsin's tracked cities is 7.1%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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